Conant Report

Conant Report
Author	James B. Conant
Subject	Secondary education in the United States
Publisher	McGraw-Hill
Publication date	1959

The American High School Today: A First Report to Interest Citizens, better known as the Conant Report, is a 1959 assessment of American secondary schooling and 21 recommendations, authored by James B. Conant.[1]

Publication

During his term as United States ambassador to West Germany, James B. Conant arranged for a Carnegie Corporation-funded, intensive study of American high schools to commence upon his return. His researchers studied 100 high schools across 18 states between September 1957 and July 1958. En route to becoming a best seller, its 1959 publication coincided with major media coverage, with articles in Life, Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News and World Report each heralding the report's conclusion that American public high schools could be improved without radical changes.[2]

References

Magill, Frank N. (2013). Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 7: The 20th Century. Routledge. p. 751. ISBN 978-1-136-59334-5.
Angus, David L.; Mirel, Jeffrey (1999). The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995. Teachers College Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8077-3842-9.

Bibliography

Burton, D. L. (1959). "Review of The American High School Today". The English Journal. 48 (5): 290–291. doi:10.2307/809925. hdl:2027/mdp.39015004075357. ISSN 0013-8274. JSTOR 809925.
Dejnozka, Edward L.; Kapel, David E.; Gifford, Charles S.; Kapel, Marilyn B., eds. (1991). "Conant Report". American Educators' Encyclopedia (Rev. ed.). New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-25269-3.
Douglass, Harl R. (1959). "Review of The American High School Today: A First Report to Interested Citizens". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 325: 143–144. doi:10.1177/000271625932500141. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1034263.
Hazard, Mary E. (1960). Conant, James Bryant (ed.). "Bargain Books". The Clearing House. 34 (6): 380. ISSN 0009-8655. JSTOR 30193653.
Kelley, Marcelle (1966). "James Bryant Conant on Reading Disabilities". Bulletin of the Orton Society. 16: 90–91. ISSN 0474-7534. JSTOR 45124958.
Koerner, James D. (1960). "The Tragedy of the Conant Report: A 'Personal Testament'". The Phi Delta Kappan. 42 (3): 121–124. ISSN 0031-7217. JSTOR 20342526.
Pfeffer, J. Alan (1959). "Review of The American High School Today". The Modern Language Journal. 43 (5): 258. doi:10.2307/320929. hdl:2027/mdp.39015004075357. ISSN 0026-7902. JSTOR 320929.
Pritchett, V. S. (1959). "Review of The American High School Today, ConantJames B.". Scientific American. 201 (1): 168–170. ISSN 0036-8733. JSTOR 24940346.
Robb, Felix C. (1963). Conant, James (ed.). "The Academic Preparation of Teachers: Conant's Proposals". Science. 141 (3586): 1166–1168. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1711535.
Waldrop, Kelly; Berlioz, Esther Claros; Larrick, Peggy; Murray, Don C.; Moyer, M. A.; Poetter, Thomas S., eds. (2019). Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1950s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today. IAP. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-64113-820-8.
Wolfle, Dael (1959). "Review of The American High School Today. A First Report to Interested Citizens; An Essay on Quality in Public Education". Science. 129 (3346): 382. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1758223.

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[1] Magill, Frank N. (2013). Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 7: The 20th Century. Routledge. p. 751. ISBN 978-1-136-59334-5.

[2] Angus, David L.; Mirel, Jeffrey (1999). The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995. Teachers College Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8077-3842-9.